U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

PROFILE OF SELECTED INDICATORS
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)

Permanent Workforce: 15,196

Total Reported Workforce: 15,722

DOE's permanent workforce participation rate for women was 37.81%; for Blacks was 10.99%; for Hispanics was 5.74%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 4.45%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 1.5%.
DOE's top three major occupations were reported as General Engineering, Miscellaneous Administrative and Program, and Management/Program Analyst.
- In the General Engineering occupation, the participation rate for women was 13.22%; for Blacks was 3.86%; for Hispanics was 8.02%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 8.87%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 1.47%.
- In the Miscellaneous Administrative and Program occupation, the participation rate for women was 60.13%; for Blacks was 23.89%; for Hispanics was 5.13%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 2.78%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 1.01%.
- In the Management/Program Analyst occupation, the participation rate for women was 65.79%; for Blacks was 18.85%; for Hispanics was 6.74%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 1.75%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 0.5%.
DOE's GS-14 and GS-15 grade level participation rate for women was 27.22%; for Blacks was 7.05%; for Hispanics was 3.97%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 5.59%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 0.89%.
DOE's Senior Pay Level participation rate for women was 19.92%; for Blacks was 4.43%; for Hispanics was 3.42%; for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 3.22%; and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 0.8%.
Government-wide, employees with targeted disabilities represented 1.05% of the total workforce in FY 2003. At DOE, employees with targeted disabilities represented 0.8% of the total workforce. In FY 2003, of agencies with a permanent workforce of 500 or more employees, the Social Security Administration, at 2.27%, had the highest percentage of employees with targeted disabilities.
DOE completed 27 ADR efforts during the pre-complaint stage, of which 6 resulted in a settlement.
There were 207 instances of pre-complaint counseling (performed by EEO counselors and/or ADR intake officers). 61 individuals filed 70 EEO complaints.
DOE completed 15 ADR efforts during the complaint stage, of which 8 resulted in a settlement.
DOE settled 38 complaints.
DOE paid $556,111 in monetary benefits: $257,611 for front and/or back pay awards; $155,500 for lump sum payments; $21,000 for compensatory damages; and $122,000 for attorney's fees.
DOE issued 44 decisions on the merits. There was one finding of discrimination issued.
DOE took an average of 650 days to process a complaint from filing to closing. The average processing time for a merit decision was 837 days.

U.S. Department of Energy EEO Indicators		FY 2002	FY 2003	Change
Pre-Complaint Counseling	Instances of EEO Counselor Counseling	83	165	98.8%
Pre-Complaint Counseling	% Counseled within regulatory time frame	72.3%	78.2%	8.2%
ADR Measures	% of Instances of Counseling where ADR Offered	83.6%	57.0%	-31.8%
	ADR Election Rate	16.7%	19.5%	16.8%
	ADR Participation Rate	13.9%	11.1%	-20.1%
Complaints Filed/Complainants	Complaints Filed	84	70	-16.7%
	Total Workforce	14,928	15,722	5.3%
	Total Complainants	74	61	-17.6%
	% of Complainants Filing Single Complaint	88.1%	87.1%	-1.1%
	% of Workforce who are EEO Complainants	0.5%	0.4%	-21.7%
Investigations	Total Completed	76	41	-46.1%
	Average Processing Time for Investigation (Days)	234	183	-21.8%
	Amount Spent on In-House Investigations	$0	$0	NA
	Amount Spent on Contract Investigations	$173,678	$122,704	-29.4%
Type of Closures	Total Closures	97	97	0.0%
	Agency Dismissals	8	9	12.5%
	Administrative Judge Dismissals	0	0	NA
	Withdrawals	8	6	-25.0%
	Settlements	22	38	72.7%
	Merit Decisions (with and without an AJ decision)	59	44	-25.4%
Average Processing Days (from date complaint filed)	All Closures	909	650	-28.5%
	Agency Dismissals	162	470	190.1%
	Administrative Judge Dismissals	0	0	NA
	Withdrawals	738	562	-23.8%
	Settlements	746	489	-34.5%
	Final Agency Decisions (with no AJ decision)	1,141	513	-55.0%
	Merit Decisions (with and without an AJ decision)	1,127	837	-25.7%
Merit Decisions	Total Number	59	44	-25.4%
	Decisions with Finding of Discrimination	0	1	NA
	% of Decisions with Finding of Discrimination	0.0%	2.3%	NA
Corrective Actions/Benefits	Total Number	22	39	77.3%
	Amount of Frontpay/Backpay Benefits	$145,040	$257,611	77.6%
	Amount of Lump Sum Payments	$42,540	$155,500	265.5%
	Amount of Compensatory Damages	$251,500	$21,000	-91.7%
	Amount of Attorneys' Fees	$99,755	$122,000	22.3%
Appeals	Cases Received For Review	27	37	37.0%
Appeals	Number of Cases Closed	70	37	-47.1%

NOTE: NA = Not Applicable

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PROFILE OF SELECTED INDICATORS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)

PROFILE OF SELECTED INDICATORS
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)